From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War

by Jon T. Hoffman

Transcriber’s note: Table of Contents added by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.

Contents

• [From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in The Pacific War]
• [Creating the Raiders]
• [Sidebar: Major General Merritt A. Edson, USMC]
• [Sidebar: Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson, USMC]
• [Sidebar: Destroyer Transports]
• [Shaping the Raiders]
• [Getting to the Fight]
• [Makin]
• [Tulagi]
• [Tasimboko]
• [Edson’s Ridge]
• [Matanikau]
• [Sidebar: Raider Weapons and Equipment]
• [The Long Patrol]
• [Sidebar: The Raider Training Center]
• [Reshaping the Raiders]
• [New Georgia]
• [Sidebar: The Raider Patch]
• [Enogai]
• [Bairoko]
• [Bougainville]
• [The Raider Legacy]
• [Sources]
• [About the Author]
• [Errata]
• [About this series of pamphlets]
• [Transcriber’s Notes]

From Makin to
Bougainville:
Marine Raiders in
The Pacific War

Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series

By Major Jon T. Hoffman
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

The Browning air-cooled .30-caliber machine gun was the weapon of choice for raider battalions because of its low weight in comparison to other available machine guns. The raider battalions were not armed with heavy weapons. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 56108

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